The game feels dead and empty.

[Arohk]

This is my honest feedback, i know there are a lot of people playing and most of the time i have a Que when logging in, so i assume the server is well populated.

Nevertheless...
The game often feels like a single player game, and the sole reason is because there is no public chat.

During my level phase to 70 i were in the newbie channel, together with a lot of other players and Mentors, people asked questions about the game, asked to help with trials to find groups and all that.
Then i got to Shadowbringers and gotremoved from said newbie channel, and now there is no communication of any sort.
No one asking anything, no one looking for parties, or anything.

Having a group finder is okay, but that can't be all there is, you can't seriously think that people keep looking into the party finder all the time to find a group for what ever, i would prefer it much more if people could look for people in a public chat, so occasionally you would just read something you're interested in and join it.


I first thought that Circles were some sort of guild, so i joined a circle that had 900+ members, but i found out that didn't give me a "circle chat" to communicate either.

Do we really have to fall back on third party communication services like discord? That makes it just so unnecessarily complicated.

Also how am i supposed to find a Guild inside the game if there is no communication method, no one is posting recruitments or any sort.

This is an MMORPG after all, i can not comprehend the decision to give your players such bad was of communicating with each other.
When i look into other MMO's there is a constant flow of lfg, lfm, trading, recruitment... it is far less of a problem to find people to play with.

[Canadane]

You never actually asked in Novice Network about how guilds work?
Specifically free companies are the equivalent of a guild in other MMOs, and linkshells are various player made chat channels.

If you find yourself a good FC or social LS I'm sure you'll see the game is far from lifeless.

Also how am i supposed to find a Guild inside the game if there is no communication method, no one is posting recruitments or any sort.

This is an MMORPG after all, i can not comprehend the decision to give your players such bad was of communicating with each other.
When i look into other MMO's there is a constant flow of lfg, lfm, trading, recruitment... it is far less of a problem to find people to play with.

/partyfinder often has more than just people looking for parties
But there's also say chat. You can just...talk to people. If you meet some friendly folk on your server and get along with them, just see if their FC has room for you.

Alternatively if you don't want to use the many methods ingame, a second party is available, no nbeed to lower yourself to third parties.
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ntania%28EU%29
That's your server, there seems to be some recruitment going on.

[Arohk]

But there's also say chat. You can just...talk to people. If you meet some friendly folk on your server and get along with them, just see if their FC has room for you.

I stand in limsa with 200 other people around me and nobody says a word.
Also the game lacks speech bubbles above a players head, to visualize where the talking person is.

They jsut need to add a capital city chat, where all people join when entering a capital city:
Gridania, Limsa, Ul'Dah, Ishgard,Kugane,Crystarium & Eulmore.

[Canadane]

So people not use Shout chat on your server?
It's all over Limsa on mine and other NA servers.

Why not spark up a conversation if nobody else is? You want it, go get it!

[DrWho2010]

you put somethin into it to get somethin out of it! don't be an introvert

someone will say something back. most city states people use shout chat to talk. if they're grouped up usually /say.